A Matter of Life and Death
Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!
1946 • 104 min • Romance · Fantasy · Drama · Comedy
Our family guide
Best from age 9- 100 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
- 78 Audience · 476 · 49%
Rubani Mwingereza anaokoka kimuujiza ajali ya ndege, anapendana, kisha lazima ajitetee mbele ya mahakama ya mbinguni. Utetezi wake wa shauku unalenga kurefusha muda wake duniani na mwanamke anayempenda.
- Violence & peril
- 2/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 2/10
- Scary moments
- 2/10
Heads up
- Hatari za kivita, lakini si za kutisha sana
- Hatari ndogo na mijadala ya kifalsafa
- Vipande vifupi vya kubusu
What it models well
- Upendo hushinda yote
- Thamani ya maisha
- Uelewa wa kitamaduni
Talk about it after
- Mitazamo tofauti kuhusu maisha na kifo
- Dhana ya haki
- Changamoto za vita
- Kupendana mara ya kwanza
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Top billed cast
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger • Crew: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Trailers & clips
Actor Michael Sheen on why A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH is his favorite film | TCM
A Scene from A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
Official 4K Restoration Trailer
The BFI podcast: A Matter of Life and Death | BFI
Mark Kermode reviews A Matter of Life and Death | BFI Player
Thelma Schoonmaker, A Matter Of Life And Death
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersJack Cardiff shows off the cinematographers art to beautiful effect in this Powell and Pressberger tale of a WWII pilot (David Niven) who cheats death, falls in love (with Kim Hunter) and then argues before a heavenly court why he should not have to die (yet) after all. The story is tinged with humour and pathos and poses some fairly basic "human rights" questions.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.8/10 (476)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $450,000
- Box office
- $1,750,000
- IMDb
- tt0038733
